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Table (s)

Merchandise trade
  March 2008r April 2008 March to April 2008 April 2007 to April 2008
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 30,238 30,610 1.2 -0.1
Japan 733 855 16.6 -14.8
European Union1 3,112 3,031 -2.6 -15.1
Other OECD countries2 1,759 1,529 -13.1 -17.5
All other countries 3,715 3,839 3.3 19.8
Total 39,556 39,864 0.8 -1.0
Imports        
United States 21,732 22,417 3.2 -0.1
Japan 985 995 1.0 2.2
European Union1 3,248 3,770 16.1 3.9
Other OECD countries2 1,928 2,026 5.1 3.4
All other countries 5,969 5,545 -7.1 -0.4
Total 33,861 34,754 2.6 0.5
Balance        
United States 8,506 8,193 ... ...
Japan -252 -140 ... ...
European Union1 -136 -739 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -169 -497 ... ...
All other countries -2,254 -1,706 ... ...
Total 5,695 5,110 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,309 3,265 -1.3 9.9
Energy products 10,500 10,764 2.5 36.8
Forestry products 1,976 2,082 5.4 -20.7
Industrial goods and materials 8,699 8,740 0.5 -5.0
Machinery and equipment 7,373 7,397 0.3 -6.5
Automotive products 5,185 5,156 -0.6 -24.1
Other consumer goods 1,474 1,392 -5.6 -16.1
Special transactions trade3 614 584 -4.9 -20.2
Other balance of payments adjustments 426 484 13.6 -4.2
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,184 2,190 0.3 4.1
Energy products 3,577 4,258 19.0 56.3
Forestry products 235 231 -1.7 -8.0
Industrial goods and materials 7,190 7,092 -1.4 -0.8
Machinery and equipment 9,577 9,521 -0.6 -1.2
Automotive products 5,600 5,863 4.7 -15.3
Other consumer goods 4,381 4,420 0.9 -5.8
Special transactions trade3 436 538 23.4 28.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 681 641 -5.9 -6.4
rrevised
...not applicable
1.Includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.
2.Other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD) include Australia, Canada, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey.
3.These are mainly low valued transactions, value of repairs to equipment, and goods returned to country of origin.
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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